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Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2019 Sep 3;211:112674. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112674

Table 2.

F2 Male Gene-Behavior-Hormone Correlation

Maternal Veh Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar 0.00 0.47 −0.27 0.45 0.45 −0.50
Esr1 −0.25 0.11 0.59 0.08 0.11 0.25
VMN Esr1 0.01 −0.74 0.79* 0.04 −0.38 0.21
Pgr 0.13 −0.19 0.26 0.75 0.20 −0.38
 
Maternal PCB Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar −0.42 −0.36 0.08 −0.26 0.28 −0.25
Esr1 −0.24 −0.20 −0.12 0.47 −0.31 −0.78*
VMN Esr1 −0.27 −0.08 0.24 0.36 0.18 −0.61
Pgr −0.15 0.03 0.42 0.31 0.35 −0.16
 
Maternal VIN Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar −0.33 0.14 −0.63 0.77* −0.89** 0.31
Esr1 0.21 0.22 −0.54 0.36 −0.62 0.35
VMN Esr1 0.32 0.26 −0.42 −0.04 0.06 0.10
Pgr 0.03 0.44 −0.70 0.75 −0.82* 0.18
 
Paternal Veh Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar 0.23 0.51 −0.10 −0.37 −0.49 −0.10
Esr1 0.02 0.75* 0.21 −0.01 −0.68 −0.13
VMN Esr1 −0.33 0.19 0.68 0.19 −0.21 −0.47
Pgr 0.39 0.65 −0.23 −0.02 −0.74* −0.56
 
Paternal PCB Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar 0.60 0.07 0.52 −0.40 0.01 −0.48
Esr1 0.62 0.83* 0.05 −0.48 0.34 −0.23
VMN Esr1 0.30 0.82* −0.55 −0.48 0.42 0.28
Pgr 0.48 0.33 0.34 −0.36 0.10 −0.74
 
Paternal VIN Behavior Serum Hormones
USV Acoustic
Properties		 Total USV Call
Counts		 Latency to Sex
Behavior		 Female-Elicited
Sex Behavior		 Estradiol Testosterone
POA Ar −0.43 −0.34 −0.70 0.74* −0.19 −0.29
Esr1 −0.48 −0.25 −0.44 0.48 −0.09 −0.16
VMN Esr1 −0.24 −0.12 0.16 −0.07 0.26 0.24
Pgr 0.13 −0.51 0.20 −0.03 −0.10 −0.09

Correlations were conducted for each treatment and lineage between behaviors (left) and hormones (right) and gene expression in the F2 male rats. The correlation coefficient is shown. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) are indicated with asterisks.